It is a bit of a shameless plug, but it's for my own interest :-D
Found at http://www.luchtzak.be/article4876.html
"It is the intention that this trimester the production of Fokker 70 planes is resumed. This is anounced by the commercial director Ruud Kleinendorst from Rekkof today (8 April) in the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Rekkof (Fokker backwards) want to bring in the first place the Fokker 70 back on the market. About that the venture has already far-reaching contacts with several airline companies. One of these airlines is, according to Rekkof, Air France-KLM, which has serious interests in the renewed Fokker 70. KLM doesn’t confirm this, but says as current user (whith fifteen F100's and twenty F70's) that they are following future developments with big interest.
Also airlines such as Lufthansa and SAS were already connected in the rumour circuit with Rekkof. According to Rekkof the regional jets needed up to the year 2022 will be around 5100 planes in the category 'smaller'. The venture hopes twenty per cent of this market will be in the hands of Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 jets. According to the new plane manufacturer 900 planes from the Fokker JetLine will be sold between 2006 and 2025, or 45 planes per year. Rekkof is already a year in negotiation with several component suppliers, among with the British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce. This company produced JetLine engines up to 1997 and were the driving forces behind the Fokker aircraft. A initial capital is needed of 150 millions euro, plus an order file of fifty airplanes. The planes will be built, if everything continues, in Lelystad, The Netherlands."
Erik
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